製造商: IWC 年份: Circa 2007 型號: 5042 機芯編號: 2’957’976 錶殼號碼: 3’133’270, 236/250 型號名稱: Portugieser Tourbillon Mystère 材料: 18K yellow gold 機芯: Automatic, cal. 50900, 44 jewels 錶帶/ 錶鏈: Leather 錶扣: 18K yellow gold IWC deployant clasp 尺寸: 44mm diameter 簽名: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed 配件: Accompanied by IWC instruction manual, service manual, cloth and numbered wooden fitted presentation box.
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Introduced in 2004, the IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Mystère featured a contemporary 44mm diameter case and was released as a limited edition of 250 examples. Equipped with a tourbillon escapement at 12 o’clock, the complicated mechanism was first developed to offset the gravitational error inevitable in an oscillating system with a balance and spring by distributing error evenly over a single plane. The solution was to place the balance, pallets and escape wheel in a tiny cage that would then rotate around its own axis once every minute.
Featuring a 7-day power reserve, the ref. 5042 is a true revelation and a testament of the firm’s technical prowess to traditional watchmaking. Numbered 236 of a limited edition of 250 pieces, the present example offered in attractive overall condition is also accompanied by its original numbered wooden fitted presentation box.
With a clear focus on technology and development, the Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has been producing timepieces of lasting value since 1868. The company has gained an international reputation based on a passion for innovative solutions and technical ingenuity. One of the world's leading brands in the luxury watch segment, IWC crafts masterpieces of haute horlogerie at their finest, combining high precision with masculine design. Vintage wristwatches such as the oversized Portugieser, Aquatimer, Ingenieur and the B-UHR pilots watch are especially desirable for collectors.